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| | Description | The tax protester manifesto, written by a leading organizer of the tea party protestsOn April 15, 2009, a grassroots contingency of Americans that would soon become known around the world as the Tea Party made front-page news. Angered by years of excessive government spending-taxpayer financed bailouts of businesses deemed too big to fail and taxpayer handouts to special interest groups-Americans of all ages and all walks of life took to the streets to take back their country. A New American Tea Party: The Counterrevolution Against Bailouts, Handouts, Reckless Spending, and More Taxes is their story, and it's your guide for contributing to the movement to rein in government spending. The book
- Summarizes the Tea Party movement
- Explains how the Tea Party protests were organized
- Presents a call to action for continuing protests and describes how to best coordinate them
The debt resulting from today's reckless government spending will eventually result in massive tax hikes. A New American Tea Party shows how to focus your outrage into a productive movement that will make a positive difference. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | John M. O'Hara | | Hardcover: | 336 pages | | Publisher: | Wiley | | Publication Date: | January 12, 2010 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0470567988 | | Product Length: | 9.22 inches | | Product Width: | 6.38 inches | | Product Height: | 1.2 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.16 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.1 inches | | Package Width: | 6.3 inches | | Package Height: | 1.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 21 reviews |
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17 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 Real Americans with real concerns Apr 22, 2010
By L. McCann
"ljmccann"
It's disheartening to see that some reviewers cannot think beyond the paradigm of Republican vs. Democrat, right vs. left. This book accurately chronicles the generic and humble beginnings of the tea party movement demonstrating once and for all the supposed Astroturf ringleaders are real Americans with real concerns who finally came together to confront the gross expansions of government. This isn't about party politics. This isn't a front, a show, or some GOP or Fox conspiracy. As A New American Tea Party demonstrates, this tea party movement is about the philosophical underpinnings of freedom and the role of government and the participants are diverse and amorphous. The tea party attendees, and readers and reviewers, know that government growth didn't happen overnight. There was a departure from limited government when Republicans were in control that continued on through the beginning of the Obama Administration. The anger from the tea party movement is directed at both parties who have an equal hand in our current mess. John O'Hara thoughtfully explores the multitude of policy debates that triggered lighting fast and organic activism from people who had never participated in the political process or attended a rally. These newfound activists came together and voiced concerns in a variety of areas but held the common belief that one must protest the excessive government expansion into our lives or risk our most treasured and basic liberties. A perfect storm of events. This book helps paint a clear picture of the contributing factors that led to this surprising revolution of the masses. Don't dismiss the book because you don't agree with the philosophical beliefs shared by the movement. Look past your own political leanings and try to understand how the empowered tea party activists will affect the political process moving forward. How can both parties relate to the growing sentiment of the tea party activists as we head into the next election cycle with "tea party" candidates running in primary races against "party" leaders? The book is the first real opportunity to study the beginnings of the movement and understand their broad concerns.
21 of 29 found the following review helpful:
Behind the scenes insights on Tea Parties Jan 21, 2010
By Dr B Leland Baker
Ch 1: The Tea Parties - Discusses behind the scenes events that resulted in the large tea party protests on April 15th 2009.
Ch 2: How We Got Here Abandoning Principles and the People - Discusses lessons from Ronald Reagan, disappointments of Bush, the 1994 Almost-Revolution, and disappointments of the George W. Bush Big-Government administration, and the 2008 election of Obama.
Ch 3: The Whistling Teapot, The Financial Crisis, and the Bailout Nation - Discusses Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) as well as bailouts and corporate welfare.
Ch 4: The Political Class Reacts - Identifies ignorance of the political class and the misguided attempts of DHS to tag "Right Wing Extremism" as anti-government behavior that could include tea partiers. It also covers out-of-touch Nancy Pelosi references to an astro-turf movement.
Ch 5: The Media Strikes Back - Interesting observations of the Media Blackout followed by misinformation and sexual slurs (e.g. Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper, and Keith Olbermann shows); reviews the absurdly racist accusations of Janeane Garofalo as well.
Ch 6: Radical Ideas: fiscal responsibility, individual liberty versus stimulus fraud and mythical job numbers - concludes with violations of the Constitution
Ch 7: Radical Tactics - Discussion on Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, ACORN, Unions, SEIU, and a culture of corruption. Correctly identifies that Tea Partiers are against bailouts and handouts.
Ch 8: The Teapot Boils over Healthcare, Takes Center Stage - Discusses town hall reactions to a "fishy" plan supported by White House Spin.
Ch 9: The Tea Party Manifesto - Emphasis on fiscal responsibility and limited government
Ch 10: Rules for Counter-radicals ... Asks why should we reward bad behavior. He places emphasis on roles of government as well as consistent principled action.
I give this book my highest rating of five stars. John O'Hara has a wonderfully entertaining writing style that is very easy to read and understand. Incumbent politicians and those who aspire to elected offices should read this book to understand the "common men and women" who make up the Tea Party movement. It is a terrific primer in current events. John, I am proud of you for telling it like it is! Great Job!
Dr. B Leland Baker, author of Tea Party Revival
Tea Party Revival: The Conscience of a Conservative Reborn: The Tea Party Revolt Against Unconstrained Spending and Growth of the Federal Government
5 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Good background information and history Aug 16, 2010
By Kilo
This book provided me with good background information on how the Tea Party took off. I was a little late in reading it but finally got to it. It is truly inspiring to know that the an organic movement could start in five days without no leadership or plans. This only solidifies the passion and compelling movement from real grassroots. There is also some real good history of how the unions control political agendas and how they treat the employers. It really filled in a lot of gaps a had in my research due to the overwhelming amount of damage being thrown at the American public on daily.
I read some of the low rate reviewers and again am disgusted by their desperate attempts to dismiss the movement. It was ironic that the book actually describes exactly what the lefties are doing here on Amazon and every other outlet. This is scary but it reminds me of the bibles teachings of demons, or for movie buffs when the sunlight hits the vampires.
Keep moving forward American so we can finally cement down the lid on these real hate-mongers that have gotten their way for too long!!
Great Overview of Conservative Beliefs Feb 02, 2011
By J. Hagg
"Wholly His"
"A New American Tea Party" is a well written, understandable overview of the tea party movement and conservative's beliefs. The Tea party movement is not about Republicans and Democrats. The leaders in both parties have their share of the blame for the financial mess mess we are in. The Tea Party participants are a large, diverse group of citizens from everywhere in the United States, who have come together to let their elected know they are fed up with government irresponsibility and that they will no longer remain silent while government ignores the wishes of the majority of the American people. They are not against all taxes as the liberal media have often portrayed them to be. They are for fiscal responsibility and know that you can't spend your way out of a recession. More of the same policies that got you into the mess in the first place will not turn the economy around, but only send it deeper into debt which their children and grandchildren will have to pay for. The Tea Party protesters are not the lunatic right wing fanatics nor are they the astroturf fakes that many liberals have branded them as. They are concerned citizens who have come together to let those in leadership know that conservative Americans want a return to the constitutional principles this nation was founded upon and also to protest government's intrusion into ever greater areas of their lives they have no business regulating. They do not want government spending the United States into bankruptcy. They see our ever swifter decent into socialism and are rightly disgusted. They do not want government bailing out irresponsible, to big to fail companies with their hard earned tax money, but rather want to let those companies work their way out of their self made messes or go bankrupt. In already troubled financial times, they do not want the huge cost of Obama care. What they do want is to be left to make their own choices about healthcare and other personal matters of importance to them. They believe in personal responsibility not government handouts. John O'Hara not only details conservatives beliefs, but also gives an excellent account of the Tea Party's history and the steps we all need to engage in to bring this country back to moral, limited, accountable, fiscally sound government.
10 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Great Book (doubt the negative reviewers ever picked it up) Apr 22, 2010
By Michael
It is a very well written and thoughtful book. I saw John interviewed by Jon Stewart, the Daily Show, on April 20th. It was a spirited but respectful give and take. I recommend you watch the show online. This will surely peak your interest and get you to go out and buy this book. It appears that some of the negative reviewers of the book never read the book because those reviews are littered with inaccuracies and false innuendos and accusations. Shame on folks for taking pot shots like that without giving the book careful consideration. It is non-denominational, not partisan. Anyway, with more than 20% of all Americans now identifying with the Tea Party Movement, this is a well written and important piece of work to read.
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